Born in Wigan, UK, lives in London and Wigan.
Education
2015–2019 PhD Candidate in Fine Art, Reader in Colour, London Metropolitan University
2015 -2019 Cultural Studies and Philosophy, London Metropolitan University
2009-2010 Master of Arts: The Body in Performance: Dance Theatre, Laban, London
2006-2009 BA (Hons) in Fine Art and Photography, University of East London
2011-2013 PG Cert in Education - Post Compulsory Teaching, Institute of Education, London
Publications, Awards, Bursarys & Artist Residences, Press, TV & Radio
2021 The Wick Newspaper Issue 3, Autumn 2021, Page 7 of the PDF https://thisisthewick.com
2020 Soho Radio Interview on Celine’s Salon, https://sohoradiolondon.com/show/celines-salon-05-08-2020/
2019 Selected by the Culture Diary & Arts Council UK, to represent the UK Visual Arts in Hong Kong for Global Art Week: Art Basel
2017 World of Co, Artist Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria, http://worldof.co/artists/
2017 Hackney Wicked Festival, Open Studios Bursary, London, UK
2015 Make: Believe UK Design for Performance, 2011- 2015 The Society of British Theatre Designers Publication
2015 http://www.londonlive.co.uk/news/2015-04-15/world-art-day
2014 Aesthetica Art Prize 2014 Anthology 100 Contemporary Artists: Installation Publication
2014 Hackney Wicked Festival, Open Studios Bursary, London, UK
2012 http://www.fashioninstallation.com/2012/09/marie-brenneis.html
2012 http://www.morfae.com/1568-marie-brenneis/
2012 http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/lokales/kultur/theater/wie-aus-einer-anderen-welt_13063556.htm
2011 http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/nachrichten-mainz/mit-mikrochip-im-kopf_11942693.htm
2009 http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press-releases/2009/06/visualarts2.htm
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Public Art Commissions
July 2023 'I am Beautiful’ commissioned by Soho Pride, Large Inflatable Sculpture displayed outside the Nelly Dean Pub, Dean St,
2 July 2022 'I am Beautiful’ commissioned by Soho Pride, Large Scale Inflatable Sculpture displayed outside the House of Barnabas, Soho.
12-14 August 2022 ‘I am beautiful’ commissioned by Supernormal Festival, UK
May 2021 – Dec 2022 'Fanfaron' placed on the roof of Hackney Wick Underground Arts Centre. Hackney Wick, London
Dec 2014– April 2017, 'Sorry for Today’s Blandness' Get Living London, Entrance Foyer of Coville Mansions, E20
Dec 2014- April 2017, 'The Rules are in your head' Get Living London Entrance Foyer of Mira House, E20
Solo Shows
1 May -31 May 2022, ‘I am beautiful’ Vogue Fabrics Dalston Window Gallery, London
June 2020, ‘We had the experience but missed the meaning’, Elephant Gallery, London, was cancelled due to corvid,
January 2019 'Grey Gardens' Pop-Up Research Sculptural Installation, Saatchi Gallery, London
February 2016 'Look Again' Stour Space Art gallery, Fish Island, London, UK
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Group Shows
22 Sept 23, The Art Car Boot Fair goes POP, Kings cross , London
19 June -29 Sept 23, 'Bad Drawing' Emerald 20, The Arts Project, London
June 22 – March 23, The Rules are in your Head, House of Barnabas, London
Oct 22 – Jan 23 ‘Sensory Places’ The Conference Centre gallery, St Pancras Hospital, London
1-4 Sept 2022 ‘I am beautiful’ The Performance Art Depot, Mainz, Germany
1 May-30 July 2022 ‘Pleasure Seeker ’ Bar Italia, Soho, London
31 July 2021 To 28 March 2022, 'The Rules are in your head’ Bethlem Museum of the Mind Museum, Beckenham, UK
Sept-Dec 2020 ‘Fanfaron’ Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open Exhibition 2020,
25 Oct 2019 V&A Friday Late: Hackney Wick, London,
1-31March 2017 Inside-Out, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London
1-19 July 2017 Hackney Wicked Festival, Open Studios
1-30 April 2017 Nasty Women, Stour Space Gallery, Fish Island, London
7-19 July 2017 Visual Flaneurs, World of Co Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1-31 Oct 2017 Modern Panic VIII, Apiary Studios, Bethnal Green, London
5-30 Nov 2017 Emotional Spaces, The Performance Art Depot, Mainz, Germany,
5-15 May 2016 Sensorium, University of East London,
1-14 July 2016 Greased Up, Micks Garage, Hackney Wick, London
1-14 July 2016 Painting Connections, Things & UCL ISR & CASA & The London Festival of Architecture
July- Dec 2015 Make: Believe UK Design for Performance 2011-2015, V&A, London,
5-14 July 2015 Open Studios, Hackney Wicked DIY Festival, London
19 July 2015 Open Studios, The London Festival of Architecture
April -Oct 2014 The Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York Museums Trust, York
March – Oct 2014 Juxtapose, The Darkroom Gallery, Vermont, USA
5-14 July 2014 Open Studios, Hackney Wicked Festival, London
5 -14 July 2013 Open Studios, Hackney Wicked Festival, London
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Dance/Live Performance/Exhibition
2013 Deliberate Digression, The Performance Art Depot, Mainz, Germany
2013 The Modern Dreamer, Critical Costumes Symposium, Edge Hill University
2012 The Modern Dreamer. Space Station 65 Gallery, London
2012 The Modern Dreamer, Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, London
2012 The Modern Dreamer, The Performance Art Depot Pad, Mainz, Germany
2012 The End of the World, The Performance Art Depot, Mainz, Germany
2011 The Spectacle, Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, London
2011 Pop & Anarchy & Mute Codes, Performance Art Depot Pad, Germany
2010 Mute codes, Bonnie Bird Theatre, Trinity Laban, London
2010 The Melancholic, Bonnie Bird Theatre, Trinity Laban, London
2009 Pop, The Marie LLoyd Bar, Hackney, London
2009 Spoiling my Perfect World, Degree showcase, University of East London
2009 Broken Mundanity, University of East London
2008 The Angry Community, Cinema screening at Stratford Circus Theatre London
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Talks/Presentations
2019 -Where has all the colour gone? Art Academy of Latvia, Paradox Conference
2018 Gestalt Aesthetics: London Metropolitan University, PhD Seminars
2017 We’re Going Backwards: The Hong Kong academy for Performing Arts
2017 Diverse Aesthetics: Paradox Conference, Conway Hall London
2017 Practice-based Research PhDs, Parnet Conference, Leeds University
2016 Empirical Aesthetics: NAFAE Conference, Lancaster University
2015 Social Norms: The Dragon Café, mental fight club, Borough, London,
2013 Wearable Futures: Ravensbourne University, London,
2013 Layering Masks: Scenography Symposium, National Gallery, Prague Quadrennial, Prague,
2013 Critical Costumes Symposium: Edge Hill University, Liverpool,
2011 Mentor Talk, Photography (BA) Year 3, University of East London, Dec 2011
2011- 2013 Discussing my Practice & Teaching Workshops on at The Performance Art Depot, Mainz, Germany
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Art Directing/Choreography
2012 Feral, Vitrine Art Gallery, London
2012 Epoche, Deptford Town Hall, London
2009 On/off, London
2010 The Doll, London May
2011 Pierre Garoudi Fashion, London Fashion Week, Autumn/Winter show
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Colour Mentoring & Teaching & Workshop Facilitator
2023- Ongoing, Colour Mentor & Consultant & Workshops, Private Tuition.
2011-2016 Workshop Facilitator for Performance & Installation, The Performance Art Depot, Mainz, Germany
2012-2013 Kensington & Chelsea College, Workshop Facilitator, BTEC Sculpture Course
2011-2012 Workshop Facilitator, Performance Design & Practice Foundation, Central Saint Martin’s University
2011-2012 Part Time Tutor on BA Photography Course, UEL University
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I am one half of the Collective Art Group: DollyOlli